大慧普覺禪師語錄 19.28

19.28

Friend of the Way Xianchen, living amidst wealth and nobility, is not deluded by wealth and nobility; knowing that there is this one great matter of causal conditions, he is determined to penetrate and be free from birth and death. When I was condemned and exiled to Hengyang, he and I were together from beginning to end for four years, yet it seemed like just a single day. In attending to his official duties and administration, he was never careless or neglectful, handling all matters with forbearance, honest and circumspect, steady and generous, never speaking of others' faults. This is truly the practice practiced by buddhas and bodhisattvas. Because he presented this scroll to request instruction, I have written down these twenty-six sections for him. It is also because his genuine sincerity toward the Way is extremely vigorous that I wish to encourage and help him fulfill it, in the hope that he will apply his effort in accordance with this and in the future illuminate the great matter, acting like Yang Danian, Zhang Wujin, and other venerable elders as an inner and outer protector-bodhisattva for our lineage; then my words will not have been uttered in vain.